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List of newspapers in Syria

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Newspapers were first published in Syria during the Ottoman era.{{cite book|author1=David Commins|author2=David W. Lesch|title=Historical Dictionary of Syria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpBWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA252|accessdate=15 September 2014|date=5 December 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7966-9|page=252}} The first newspaper published in the country was Hadiqat al-Akhbar, published in 1857 by Khalil al-Khuri.{{cite journal|author=Donald J. Cioeta|title=Ottoman Censorship in Lebanon and Syria, 1876-1908|jstor=162125|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|date=May 1979|volume=10|issue=2|pages=167–186|doi=10.1017/s0020743800034759|s2cid=163019820 }} The number of the newspapers increased when the country was under French mandate.

The below is a list of newspapers in Syria.

National political newspapers

Political parties' newspapers

Local newspapers

Specialist newspapers

Restricted circulation newspapers

Defunct newspapers

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  • Ad Domari, satirical weekly, lasted for 104 issues only, as it was closed by the authorities in July 2003.{{cite web|title=Problems of the Arab press|url=http://www.al-bab.com/media/arab_press.htm|work=Al Bab|accessdate=30 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014141847/http://www.al-bab.com/media/arab_press.htm|archive-date=14 October 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • Enab Baladi, Independent weekly, announced closure on 23 November 2023.
  • Al Alam, independent daily (1946–1950), issued by Al-Alam publishing house, which was owned by Izzat Husrieh
  • AlifBa, published in Damascus between 1930 and 1950
  • Al Qabas (Damascus), owned by Najeeb Al Rayes
  • Nidal ash-Shaab, issued irregularly, the official newspaper of the Syrian Communist Party until 2001; the public sale of the newspaper was prohibited by the Syrian government, and it was delivered to party members only

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{citation |title=Syrian Newspapers Emerge to Fill Out War Reporting |date=2 April 2013 |work=New York Times |author=Neil MacFarquhar |authorlink =Neil MacFarquhar |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/world/middleeast/syrian-newspapers-emerge-to-fill-out-war-reporting.html }}

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